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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. ROWE, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'TO FRANKLIN C. BROWNELL, OF BROOKLIN, N. Y.

PENCIL AND SPONGE HOLDER FOR. CLEANING SLATES, &o.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,704. dated August 25, 1863.

To all whom it may concern: y

Be it known that I, JOHN L. ROWE, of the city and State ot New York, have invented,- made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Pencil and Sponge Holder for Slat-es, &c. and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' my said invention, reference being had to the"V annexed drawings', making part of this speciication, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, of my said pencil, sponge, and holder.

Similar letters refer to the same parts.

My said invention consists in a clamping slate-pencil holder to contain thc pencil and allow it to be slid out as worn away, in combination with a cup formed on the upper end and receiving a piece of sponge or similar material for rubbing out such slate-pencil marks, the whole forming a new article of manufacture.

In the drawings, a is a holder, formed with a pipe at one end, split as usual, with a slipring, b, by which the holder is pressed upon the pencil c to retain the same, and this pencil may be of slate, soapstone, or similar nia-terial. body of the cup larger than the brim or orifice thereof. Into the cup d a piece of sponge or other cleaning material, e, is introduced, and projects suth'ciently for cleaning from a slate or slat-esurface the pencil-marks thereon. This cleaning material should be introduced when softened by water so as to be pressed into the cup more easily.

The device thus formed is a new andusefnl article of manufacture, much needed particularly in schools, and possessing many advantages over other pencilholders or separate slate-pencil-mark cleaners.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The clamping slate-pencil holder, ii conibination with the cup at the upper end, receiving a piece oi sponge or similar cleaning material, the whole forming a new article of manufacture, as specified.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 29th day of May, 1863.

JOHN L. ROWE. Witnesses: i

LEMUEL W. SEREELL, GHAs. H. SMITH.

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